EZCORP (NASDAQ: EZPW) reported Q4 Revenue for the quarter came in at $206.33 million versus the consensus estimate of $196.02 million.

Chief Executive Officer Stuart Grimshaw commented, "It was pleasing to see our fourth quarter earnings momentum accelerating, underlining the important progress we have made this year in customer service excellence. The biggest contributor to the company\'s outstanding performance was our terrific execution in Latin America, through both acquisitions and organic growth. Profit improvement was exceptional and our pawn store count in Latin America jumped 84%, growing by 207 stores. Those acquired stores have exceeded our expectations, providing strategic bases for further penetration and expansion in existing and neighboring geographies.

"In the U.S. Pawn segment, our disciplined lending and relentless focus on servicing and satisfying our customers\' needs for cash delivered industry leading same store PLO growth, PLO yield, and per store averages of both PLO and PSC. We effectively managed our inventory again this quarter in relation to the PLO growth, while maintaining industry leading merchandise sales margins. These results reflect a well-balanced execution in excelling in customer service that underpins the growth of the business.

“We’ll begin fiscal 2019 with strong momentum as a result of the improved activity coming out of this year’s fourth quarter and will continue to leverage opportunities that will further our successful growth strategy. By maintaining our intense focus on outstanding customer service and meeting customers\' desire for cash, this will underpin our industry leading store operating performance for the future. We will invest in the core pawn businesses, and open and acquire more pawn stores, particularly in Latin America, to further expand our geographically diversified earnings platform, where the right opportunities present themselves. We will continue to support our customers where they have a strong need for cash and there are many more locations where we believe we can be relevant to them. We maintain a discipline in assessment of opportunities that when coupled with our proven customer service focus, will drive long-term shareholder value."

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